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Tag Archives: maternity leave
Another four months
Another four months have passed since I wrote about the first four months with my baby. My partner has just begun his four months of parental leave; we are overlapping by two weeks, so that we can all adjust, and … Continue reading
Posted in personal reflection
Tagged Babies, maternity leave, motherhood, new motherhood, parenthood, Shared parental leave
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Becoming a mummy: the first four months
I first saw her at twenty to one in the morning, at the end of 30 hours of labour that culminated in a forceps delivery in an operating theatre. I was very unwell from the spinal block, uncontrollably shaking, and … Continue reading
Posted in personal reflection
Tagged Babies, becoming a mum, maternity leave, motherhood, new motherhood
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Meaning and Truth 